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Dr.Jacqueline Reilly,
Head of School

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E-mail: socsci@ulster.ac.uk


 



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Current Students

Name Project Title

Mouloud Alouane

Muslim Parents’ Perceptions of their Children’s Educational Experiences in Northern Ireland.

Sahla Aroussi

Women in peace-building implementing SCR 1325: the way forward

Bethany Waterhouse Bradley

Does the Voluntary and Community Sector Facilitate Meaningful Engagement of Minority Groups in the Policy Process?  The Case of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland

Brénainn Brunton

Interface Areas In Belfast: A Case Study

Sean Byers

Sean Murray (1898-1961), the republican left and the rise of communism in Europe

Yuko Chiba

An assessment of the impact of sectarianism upon integration of Asian immigrants in Northern Ireland

Ita Connolly

The Politics of the United States and Britain ’s Anti-terrorism Legislation .

Erik Cownie Disconnected ? Working class communities and the vision of Belfast as a shared city

Dinali Devendra

Teaching Literature in an ESL/EFL context: an evaluation of the teaching of literature for the G.C.E Ordinary Level in Sri Lanka

Alice Diver

Identity as a right in International Law:

Josephine Doody

The UK Strategy of Counter-Terrorism: Can Lessons be Learned from the use of Exclusion Orders in Northern Ireland?

Sarah Evans

Constructing Identities and Forming Communities of Practice in Cyberspace: The Case of Eating Disorders.

Marietta Farrell

“Margaret Anne Cusack – The Nun of Kenmare”

Carmel Gallagher

Pathways to the ‘Big Picture’ Curriculum The influences which shaped the revised Curriculum in Northern Ireland at the turn of the millennium

Cheryl Gamble

Phonology in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Lorna Henderson

The Impact of Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse by Adults on their Families: How Families Manage and Access Support Systems

Jill Hendron

An investigation into the influence of emotional intelligence upon the recognition, acknowledgement and management of vicarious trauma amongst counselors and clergy.

Ann Kirby

Standard of Healthy Living on the Island of Ireland

Anna Łazuka

The Discourse of Transformation. A Critical Analysis of Polish News Media.

Margaret-Ann Long

The helping process for people who self-harm

George McBride

Robert Patterson ( 1802-1872 ): An analysis of his contribution to the study of natural history in schools and colleges in Ireland in the nineteenth century.

Caireen McCluskey

An investigation into the viability of alternative justice systems in dealing with cases of domestic violence; a post-structuralist perspective.

Paula McFadden

Promoting Mental Health in Child Protection Social Work: Preventing Burnout – Increase Resilience

Bronagh McGahan

Migrant Workers and Equality of Service Provision, with reference to implementation of  the Racial Equality Strategy 2005-2010, as commissioned by the Office of First Minister

John Paul McGauran

Re-examining the Historiography of the Irish Poor Law debate 1833-1838.

Emma McGrath

To investigate mental health issues with specific reference to the service user perspective, including examining the therapeutic relationship between service users and social care staff

Elizabeth Anne McMahon

An evaluation of collaborative early language intervention and practice for children with speech, language and communication difficulties in mainstream education

Sorcha McKenna

Innocence Lost - The effectiveness of international law in the protection of children from sexual violence during armed conflict

Aisling McLaughlin

The Family, Peers and Adolescent Drug use in Northern Ireland.

Jonathan McMullan

Feminism and Nationalism: women and conflict

Deborah Magill

The Adjudication of Individual Employment Disputes in Northern Ireland.

William Matchett

A study of counter-insurgency in Northern Ireland contextualized by a comparative analysis with counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq

Vivimarie Medawattegedera

English Medium Instruction in Sri Lankan Secondary Schools: Policy to Practice

Ashley Meehan

The Role of Effective Organizational Communication in Managing Uncertainty During a Period of Crisis: A Case-Study Approach.

Eileen Monds-Watson

Investigating the Lived Experience of Families with Enduring, Maternal Mental Health Difficulties, and Examining the Social Work Response.
Social Work Research Area: ‘Mental Health Inequalities in Northern Ireland’

Peter Munce

Unionism and Human Rights in Northern Ireland

Mary O’Rawe

Policing, Security and Human Rights:  Northern Ireland and Beyond.

Catherine O’Rourke

Playing the State? Securing effective feminist engagement with the state in transition

Shauna Page

A Particularized Form of Domestic Violence: Female Genital Mutilation as the Basis for Refugee Status

Gaudence Nyirabikali

The Role of Peace Education in Conflict Transformation – A Review through the Angolan Case

Rebecca Robinson

“Lessons from Community Conflict: how the European Union can create a 21st Century identity”.

Shaun Roddy

An investigation into the prevalence and nature of substance use/misuse among the Polish community in Northern Ireland, considering also implications for access to and use of treatment services

Paulina Schmidt

The phonology/orthography interface of Ulster-Scots

Heather Stevenson

Focus in second-language learners of Irish: a language contact situation

Christopher St John

A study of how the specialist child abuse investigators development programme has enabled child abuse investigators to apply human rights.

Alison Sweeney

Work-based learning, an investigation of non-formal learning, its role in lifelong learning and human resources development.

John Thompson

Human Rights as tools for democratic renewal: the search for democratic accountability in NI

John R. Topping

‘Beyond the Patten Report: Considering the Governance of Security in Policing with the Community’

Clare Wasson

The Impact of Gender on the Educational Achievement of Children in the Early Years

Heather Walker

 

Pat Webb

The 'campaigning' for the construction and demolition of Divis Flats: A case study in the 'community power debate'



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